Taiwan Rock Climbing & Bouldering

Posted by Ya-Te Chen on

March 10, 2018

Paul Foster(傅抱仁), a sinologist and rock climber, is also a participant in the development of Long Dong 30 years ago. He did some impressive FAs, such as “One Way Ticket,” and, moreover, is the first person who systematically compiled the topos and route information of Long Dong. You may call it the first LD guidebook. Before that, there were only scattered topo pages or booklets. The names of climbing areas that are so familiar to us today, such as Back Door or Grand Auditorium, are also formally recorded for the first time in this book.

This guidebook is now scanned into an PDF file that is open for download for everyone interested in the history of Long Dong. Many, many thanks to Ta-chi Wang, who shared the original documents, and Maurice Chen, who took the tedious task of electronification!